Compatibility Guide

10 Introduction
Purpose of This Guide
Server Administrator operates on many Dell hardware platforms (hereafter
called systems) with operating systems such as Microsoft
®
Windows
®
,
SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. To use the
systems management features of Server Administrator fully, you must
understand which features of Server Administrator match your system's
hardware configuration and operating system.
Update of Compatibility Guide
The Server Administrator Compatibility Guide is updated with each major
OpenManage release. It summarizes all systems management releases that
precede the current release date. Always see the Dell Systems Software
Support Matrix available on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com
for each release for the most current information on compatible systems
management elements. See Table 1-1 for information on where you can find
the systems management software.
Supported Instrumentation
Each supported systems management software contains instrumentation for
your Dell system. The sections of this guide are organized around the primary
instrumentation product names and show the relationship among the
following variables:
• Systems management software
• Supported operating systems
• Instrumentation service
• Dell system (for example, M610)